Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 122.djvu/2662

 12 2 STA T . 2 639PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 8 6 —J UL Y 29, 2008 ‘ ‘ (A)theCom m i ttee o nWays an dM eans and the Com - mittee on F o r ei g nA f fairs of the H o u se of R e p resentati v es and ‘‘( B ) the Committee on Finan c e and the Committee on Foreign Re l ations of the S enate . ‘‘( 2 )B URMES E COV ERE DA R TI C L E. —T he term ‘Burmese cov- ered article ’ means— ‘‘(A) j adeite mined or e x tracted from Burma; ‘‘(B) ru b ies mined or extracted from Burma; or ‘‘(C) articles of je w elry containing jadeite described in subparagraph (A) or rubies described in subparagraph (B). ‘‘( 3 ) N O N - B URMESE COVERED ARTICLE.—The term ‘non-Bur- mese covered article’ means— ‘‘(A) jadeite mined or extracted from a country other than Burma; ‘‘(B) rubies mined or extracted from a country other than Burma; or ‘‘(C) articles of jewelry containing jadeite described in subparagraph (A) or rubies described in subparagraph (B). ‘‘( 4 ) J ADEITE; RUBIES; ARTICLES O FJ E W ELR Y CONTAININ G JADEITE OR RUBIES.— ‘‘(A) JADEITE.—The term ‘jadeite’ means any jadeite classifiable under heading 710 3 of the Harmoni z ed Tariff Schedule of the U nited States (in this paragraph referred to as the ‘HTS’). ‘‘(B) RUBIES.—The term ‘rubies’ means any rubies classifiable under heading 7103 of the HTS. ‘‘(C) ARTICLES OF JEWELRY CONTAINING JADEITE OR RUBIES.—The term ‘articles of jewelry containing jadeite or rubies’ means— ‘‘(i) any article of jewelry classifiable under heading 7113 of the HTS that contains jadeite or rubies; or ‘‘(ii) any article of jadeite or rubies classifiable under heading 711 6 of the HTS. ‘‘( 5 ) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘United States’ , when used in the geographic sense, means the several States, the D istrict of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States. ‘‘(b) P RO H IBITION ON I M P ORTATION OF BURMESE COVERED ARTI- CLES.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, until such time as the President determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that Burma has met the conditions described in section 3(a)(3), beginning 60 days after the date of the enactment of the Tom L antos Bloc k Burmese JAD E (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 200 8, the President shall prohibit the importation into the United States of any Burmese covered article. ‘‘(2) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President is authorized to, and shall as necessary, issue such proclamations, regula- tions, licenses, and orders, and conduct such investigations, as may be necessary to implement the prohibition under para- graph (1). ‘‘(3) O THER ACTIONS.—Beginning on the date of the enact- ment of this Act, the President shall take all appropriate actions to seek the following
 * Presid

e nt.C erti f i ca ti o n. E ffecti v e date.

�